GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
5 A type of coiffure (6) 7 Bandits or highway robbers (8) 9 Informal term for a complexion that appears to remain bronzed throughout the year (5-3) 10 A covering, usually of cloth or leather, over the lower leg and ankle (6) 11 Continent in which the Amazon River is located (5,7) 13 Claudia, English actress who plays Eloise Bridgerton in TV drama series Bridgerton (6) 15 The equipment that is needed for fishing (6) 18 A means of communication with finger and hand movements, used by deaf people (4,8) 21 Alok, the Conservative politician who chaired the 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference (6) 22 A reference to a passage, a text, an author, etc as an authority (8) 23 Cups, dishes, plates, etc that are usually made of earthenware or china (8) 24 ____ My Religion, a song by U.S. alternative rock band R.E.M. that was released in 1991 (6)
DOWN
1 The highest order of mammals that includes monkeys and anthropoid apes (8) 2 An inner moon of the planet Uranus that was named after a character in The Merchant Of Venice (6) 3 One skilled in the learning or use of foreign languages (8) 4 Town in central Portugal that has featured a Roman Catholic shrine for more than a century (6) 6 Soft, brightly coloured sea creatures that look like flowers and live on ocean rocks (8) 7 A sandpit that is a hazard on a golf course (6) 8 A musical composition for two performers (4) 12 Horace, Head of Slytherin House in some of the Harry Potter series, played on film by Jim Broadbent (8) 14 One who cuts designs or words on metal, glass or wood (8) 16 ____ car, one that is lent to a customer by a garage or insurance company (8) 17 Showing determined courage in the face of difficulties (6) 18 A coniferous tree with long shoots and fourangled needles (6) 19 A common weed with stinging hairs (6) 20 U.S. singer whose first solo song was released under the stage name Bonnie Jo Mason (4)
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